Saint-Estephe

Saint-Estephe was a colony of the Kingdom of France in the Caribbean. It was sacked by buccaneers employed by England in 1654.

History
Saint-Estephe was named for a town on the coastal region of Aquitaine in France. The town was a small settlement on the north of its island, and it consisted of a few log houses and a wooden town center. The Duc de Champlain established the settlement, and it consisted of little more than a town center and the huts by 1654, when an army of pirates employed by England disembarked on the island. The pirates proceeded to raze the town and massacre the villagers, and Saint-Estephe was abandoned, allowing the pirates to loot whatever they pleased.